A Celebration of Lamb and Asparagus

If there are two ingredients that sing of spring, it’s lamb and asparagus.

To celebrate both, the Lark Creek Restaurant Group is partnering with California asparagus growers and lamb ranchers to showcase those ingredients on menus at four of its San Francisco Bay Area restaurants through the end of the month.

Guests also can take home recipes for each dish to recreate them in their own kitchen.

* LarkCreekSteak, also in downtown San Francisco, steps from the Marriott Marquis, will feature pan-roasted local asparagus with toasted macadamia nuts; and grilled lamb chops with harissa, mint sour cream, and fava beans.

*Lark Creek Walnut Creek will be plating up asparagus with bacon and poached egg; and rosemary roasted leg of lamb with sundried tomato and mint relish.

* The Tavern at Lark Creek in Larkspur will get in on the act with soft poached farm egg and asparagus salad; and lamb dolmas.

Love lamb, love asparagus, it is surely spring. I was also excited to see its artichoke season, as we drove to Pebble Beach – we’ll be back next week on our way to Monterey – I sense fried artichokes in my future.